What more could the most passionately loyalist Applephiles crave more than their own personal Steve Jobs sitting next to them as they ponder the use of their new iPad or Macbook Air, looking over to see Steve watching with approval; what could be better?

Netbooks –they are basic with no frills make buying a computer a simple decision. So why can’t Apple jump into this market? It makes sense that they create something that appeals to their loyalists, like me, in this category, right? Yes, but it’s definitely not going to be a netbook.

With Palm announcing the new Pre, Apple announcing a new lower price iPhone 3G S, Google’s latest Android phone launch, the MyTouch 3G and the Blackberry Storm, where’s the Smart phone world going?

Apple defied the predictions of the analysts and the recession with increased sales and overall increase in revenue and profit for the first quarter of 2009. In the same period Microsoft had its first ever drop in sales